Research Ethics (Part 2) Field Studies

Question 1

Which different motivations have to be outweight by the researcher?

Answer 1

1. Good treatment of the participants against scientific importance of the study
2. Scientists strive for success against the scientists search for truth

Question 2

Where lies the final responsibilty?

Answer 2

At the researcher himself, not the board

Question 3

What is a quasi-experimental design?

Answer 3

Empirical study aimed at establishing causal relationships, without random assignment of participants to conditions

Why no andom assignement? Random assignment impossible or ethically prohibited
 “nonequivalent control group”
In all other respects equal to a true experiment

With respect to internal validity, they often appear to be inferior to randomized experiments.

Question 4

Why is it sometime unethical to use random assignment?

Answer 4

With random assignment, you can
know something with much greater certainty and, as a result, can more confidently
separate fact from advocacy. But (!) A random assignment study (also called a social experiment) uses a lottery-like
process to allocate people to the two or more groups whose behaviors (outcomes) are
subsequently compared to determine the program’s net impact. randomly
selecting who does and does not get into a program always involves the denial of service ( example of syphillis control group who didnt get a tratment, which could have helped them)